{"id":17186,"date":"2014-07-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=17186"},"modified":"2023-08-12T20:33:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T06:33:37","slug":"review-pillsbury-melts-smore-sensation-filled-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/09\/review-pillsbury-melts-smore-sensation-filled-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Pillsbury Melts S\u2019more Sensation Filled Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pillsbury<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

The Pillsbury Doughboy sat back in his recliner, grimaced, and with his finger placed on the trans-fat laden rolls on his triple chin, proceeded to take up a position of pondering. It had not been a very promising summer in the mass-produced, ready-to-bake sweets business. <\/p>\n

Not only had his brother, the Michelin Man, begun a diet eschewing Grands<\/i> biscuits and cinnamon rolls in favor of Eggo S\u2019mores, pancakes, and Krave S\u2019mores cereal, but preliminary second quarter reports showed a bottoming out of his cookie sales, with the culprit identified as a new cookie flavor developed by those damn elves at Keebler<\/a>. <\/p>\n

If that weren\u2019t bad enough, he had spent the last month with a nonsensical ditty stuck in his head, something about \u201csome more for you and some more for me<\/a>,\u201d that managed to give him an inexplicable urge to get some ice cream.<\/p>\n

That was when it occurred to him; he, master of sweets and lover of all things giggly and ticklish, was late to the party. Suddenly seized with the same innovative spirit of Dr. Emmett Brown following a nasty spill on the toilet seat, he set off to develop a s\u2019mores-inspired treat that would outdo any packaged Keebler cookie or Dairy Queen Blizzard with an annoyingly melodic theme song.<\/p>\n

\"Pillsbury<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

I speak, of course, of the new Pillsbury Melts S\u2019more Sensation Filled Cookies. Some people look down upon ready-to-bake cookies, but I am not one of those people. Like any Pinterest browsing cookie fanatic who has never quite mastered the creaming method, I appreciate the dummy-proof nature of a 350 degree oven and 11 to 15 minutes of my time. I also get off on breaking rules like \u201cDo Not Eat Raw Cookie Dough,\u201d but that\u2019s a completely different and much more frightening story.<\/p>\n

\"Pillsbury<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

In any case, the adorable, square-ish cookies are delicious. There\u2019s little to no graham flavor to speak of, but you\u2019ll hardly notice thanks to the winning combination of that classic chocolate chip cookie taste and the oooey-gooey marshmallow filling, which bursts out in an abundant river obstructed only by crunchy semi-sweet chocolate chips and a light, brown-sugar crumb that\u2019s altogether crispy on the cookie\u2019s edges. It\u2019s this winning texture of crunchy edges and super-moist filling which makes eating a single cookie a mathematical impossibility, while a liberal dose of the hyper-sweet chocolate icing provides an extra punch of cocoa flavor reminiscent of Hershey\u2019s syrup.<\/p>\n

\"Pillsbury<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Complaints are minor; the icing is more chocolate syrup than ganache, while the cookies\u2019 unique filling makes them extra soft when pulling from the oven. There are no instructions for baking over an actual open flame and nine cookies per package seems like an odd number for all those not living in a mixed family with the last name of Brady. All can be forgiven, however, thanks to the marshmallow cr\u00e8me filling, which remains admirably gooey even a day after baking and still provides the needed burst of unabashed sweetness to compliment the eggy and toasted cookie flavor.<\/p>\n

\"Pillsbury<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

The Pillsbury man need not fret over his business prospects for the second half of 2014, because the S\u2019more Sensation Filled Cookies are a worthy addition to the ever-growing array of campfire-inspired sweets that arrive this time each year. With a more enjoyable crust than the ubiquitous S\u2019mores Pop-Tart and a fresher, more authentic s\u2019mores flavor than cereal or prepackaged cookies, you might even be able to pass them off as homemade.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts \u2013 1 cookie with icing \u2013 150 calories, 50 calories from fat, 6grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, less than 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 105 milligrams of sodium, 23 grams of carbohydrates, 14 grams of sugar, and less than 1 gram of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Pillsbury Melts S\u2019more Sensation Filled Cookies
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $2.50
\nSize:<\/b> 11.5 ounces (9 cookies)
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Harris Teeter
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Like eating a chocolate syrup and marshmallow panini inside a chocolate chip cookie. Oooey-gooey filling, even when cooled. No stand mixer required. One of the few Pillsbury ready-to-bake products not containing partially hydrogenated oil.
\nCons:<\/b> Graham flavor is lackluster. Could have a richer chocolate coating. The ever-present temptation of eating raw cookie dough. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pillsbury Doughboy sat back in his recliner, grimaced, and with his finger placed on the trans-fat laden rolls on his triple chin, proceeded to take up a position of pondering. It had not been a very promising summer in the mass-produced, ready-to-bake sweets business. 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